Kinect sex game in the works

Adult-game company announces open-source drivers have paved the way for a touchy-feely Windows 7 sex game using the Xbox 360's motion-controlling sensor.

"I guess it was only a matter of time." That's how adult-game maker ThriXXX sums up its latest project, a sex game that uses the Xbox 360's motion-sensing camera to let users fondle virtual females.

Viewable via a risque YouTube video, a demonstration of the game--still in its early stages--shows a user controlling the onscreen action with just his hand. The control scheme was set up by attaching a Kinect to a Windows 7 computer with an open-source Kinect driver installed. Similar drivers have been used for more scientific pursuits using Kinect.

Open-source drivers are allowing sex-game creators to use Kinect in ways Microsoft did not intend.

"The Kinect interface provides another exciting interface option for users of the sex simulation software to control the experience in extraordinary new ways," ThriXXX said in a statement provided to GameSpot sister site CNET. "Controller free is the next generation of game user interfaces, allowing users to use gestures, spoken commands, or objects to control in-game action that creates a completely new sex game activity and magical experience."

According to the YouTube page, ThriXXX is "currently in development of adult-themed Kinect games for the Microsoft Xbox 360 and or PC." How such a game could ever come to the Xbox 360 is unclear, as Microsoft does not allow Adults Only-rated games to be distributed on its console.

In a statement, Microsoft said the following: "This isn't the first example of a technology being used in ways not intended by its manufacturer, and it won't be the last. Microsoft did not authorize or license its technology for this use and will take appropriate action against violations of its intellectual property. Xbox is a family-friendly games and entertainment console and does not allow Adults Only (AO) content to be certified for use on its platform and would not condone this type of game for Kinect."

While I think this type of thing is sad, it is also inevitable. It makes me laugh to see MS put out that statement. They don't condone adult content like sex.. but they are more than happen to have games on their system that have extreme violence, language and.. sex. I guess it only matters if they aren't getting money out of it.

Come on guys there IS a difference between gore and porn. Gore is just something to add on to games and shows. We dont care about it because its not real. But porn has proven to be more addictive then drugs and it has been proven to change peoples mentalitys (however you spell it) and thats why its considered worse than gore. Of course no one will agree because im posting this on the internet with the people who make porn so popular.

All right a sex game!!! XD I don't think that's gonna happen though, at least not on the xbox 360 since games have to go through some kind of content verification of some kind or whatever, on PC it is totally posible to see it, since programers can do just about anything, and users download just about everything the developers make. Bottom line, would be a good idea, a sex game, but having actual sex is a much better idea XD

Did they just claim Xbox to be "a family-friendly games and entertainment console?" Someone tell me how a game related solely to sex and pornography would be any worse or less family oriented in comparison to the massive number of titles already filled with adult language, sexual themes, and extreme forms of violence and gore. Hell, have they even checked the latest Mortal Kombat trailers? (Some of the stuff in that trailer looked so over-the-top that even I found myself slightly disturbed) In the end, I don't think I'll ever understand why the issue has been regarded as forbidden territory to Microsoft when they already cater to so many other forms of extreme adult entertainment. Then again, I don't think I'll ever understand the purpose behind the AO rating in the first place. Because according to the esrb, the average 17 year old in the US is finally deemed "mature". However they'll need another 365 days before they've become mature enough to handle the 18+ year old content. -_-

@ Muteki_X
Actually, I'm an American, born and raised in the U.S.A. and I am well within my right to criticize my own country, which I love even though I'm not too crazy about some of the people in charge.
I just think it's ridiculous how the human body is such a sensitive subject and women are required by law in most of America's states to cover their breasts in places where men can go bare-chested and not even get a second glance. Sure, it's not as bad as some other nations (parts of the Middle East, for example), but it is pretty silly.

I was always proud of game industry because unlike movie industry there were no pornographic products in it. and I only hope this thing don't go any further.
thanks to Microsoft for making necessary actions to put an stop to this.

So, Microsoft, it's ok for people all around the world to hack Kinect and do all sorts of stuff with it, but if some of this "stuff" is sex-related, you suddenly want to "take appropriate action" ?
apples and oranges, huh ?

Lol its funny watching teens talk about how sad and pathetic things like this are . When you hit 40 and all the lovely ladys you knew become fat monsters including your ugly wife ,innovations like this bring a smile to your face . interpret that how you want

HOLY COW!!!! How much of a nerdy loser are you that you have to be THAT desperate for female companionship that you would stoop to THIS? Be a man!No,cross that,be a HUMAN!This is downright primatively animalistic!

@ Rottenwood
Using the logic that a whole country is to blame for what a company located within it does, I came to the following startling revelations: all Germans love being defecated on, all Japanese love tons of bush, and all Chinese want to poison little children. That's a fair criticism, right?

@Rattlesnake_8 That's not what Microsoft said. The article reads, "[Xbox] does not allow Adults Only (AO) content to be certified for use on its platform."

"Mature" rated games can have sex, explicit language, violence, etc. but only to a certain degree. "Adults Only" is the rating one step past Mature, where it is no longer "tasteful." This would be similar to R-rated films vs NC-17 or "XXX.'